Manipur: Court grants bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered unrest 

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: The court docket of Special Judge (National Investigation Agency), Imphal East in Manipur on Friday granted bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered recent rigidity within the ethnic violence-hit state.

The 5 males have been arrested by the police final week for possessing weapons and donning camouflage uniforms. The court docket granted them bail after that they had furnished a PR bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of like quantity.

The court docket directed the accused individuals to cooperate with the investigation, make themselves out there earlier than the investigating authority, to not affect prosecution witnesses or depart the state with out its prior permission and seem earlier than the investigating officer each 15 days.

In its order, the court docket mentioned, “So far, there is no material to show that the accused persons have committed terrorist acts which can be punished under section 16 of the UA(P) Act except mentioning of being a member of the terrorist organisation against the accused person No.1 only, but so far, all the accused persons have not yet committed any illegal and prejudicial acts against the state as they are all arrested by the police when they entered prejudicial activities against the State.”

The court docket additionally mentioned that the investigating officer “cannot show strong prima facie case against all the accused persons for the commission of terrorist acts and prejudicial activities against the State attracting section 16 UA(P) Act and section 121-A of the IPC as of now.”

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The arrest of the youths had saved the Imphal valley on the sting till Thursday. Protestors, largely members of Meira Paibi (Meitei girls torchbearers) and native golf equipment, had enforced a 48-hour bandh until midnight of Wednesday demanding the discharge of the individuals.

The subsequent day, they tried to storm police stations in several elements of the Imphal valley to court docket their arrest. They claimed the 5 males have been village volunteers who have been guarding their villages from assaults by Kuki-Zo militants. 

During scuffles with police and Rapid Action Force personnel, the protesting girls mentioned they have been additionally village volunteers and must be arrested. They requested if village volunteers are arrested, who will defend the Meiteis residing in villages near Kuki-majority hills. 

GUWAHATI: The court docket of Special Judge (National Investigation Agency), Imphal East in Manipur on Friday granted bail to 5 youths whose arrest triggered recent rigidity within the ethnic violence-hit state.

The 5 males have been arrested by the police final week for possessing weapons and donning camouflage uniforms. The court docket granted them bail after that they had furnished a PR bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of like quantity.

The court docket directed the accused individuals to cooperate with the investigation, make themselves out there earlier than the investigating authority, to not affect prosecution witnesses or depart the state with out its prior permission and seem earlier than the investigating officer each 15 days.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

In its order, the court docket mentioned, “So far, there is no material to show that the accused persons have committed terrorist acts which can be punished under section 16 of the UA(P) Act except mentioning of being a member of the terrorist organisation against the accused person No.1 only, but so far, all the accused persons have not yet committed any illegal and prejudicial acts against the state as they are all arrested by the police when they entered prejudicial activities against the State.”

The court docket additionally mentioned that the investigating officer “cannot show strong prima facie case against all the accused persons for the commission of terrorist acts and prejudicial activities against the State attracting section 16 UA(P) Act and section 121-A of the IPC as of now.”

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The arrest of the youths had saved the Imphal valley on the sting till Thursday. Protestors, largely members of Meira Paibi (Meitei girls torchbearers) and native golf equipment, had enforced a 48-hour bandh until midnight of Wednesday demanding the discharge of the individuals.

The subsequent day, they tried to storm police stations in several elements of the Imphal valley to court docket their arrest. They claimed the 5 males have been village volunteers who have been guarding their villages from assaults by Kuki-Zo militants. 

During scuffles with police and Rapid Action Force personnel, the protesting girls mentioned they have been additionally village volunteers and must be arrested. They requested if village volunteers are arrested, who will defend the Meiteis residing in villages near Kuki-majority hills.